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More layoffs are likely at Broward schools, School Board members warn
School Board trying to spare art, music in grade schools

With the district facing an $80 million to $100 million loss in state money next year, School Board members say they know they have to cut somewhere. And regardless of where cuts are made, they were told that people will likely lose jobs.

Loan modification can compound problems
Balloon payments can wreck the deal

Davie voters return 2 incumbents, add teacher | Municipal elections
Small turnout for Tuesday’s election

Davie voters returned incumbents Marlon Luis and Susan Starkey to office Tuesday and chose teacher Caryl Casey Hattan to fill a third open council seat.

Delray incumbent Fetzer defeats newcomer Mellinger
Results show Fetzer winning by better than 3-1 in the race for Seat 2

Incumbent Fred Fetzer defeated newcomer Darin Wade Mellinger by a better than 3-1 margin in the race for City Commission Seat 2, according to results from the Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections Office.

Broward judge steps down as head of criminal division
Ilona Holmes remains circuit judge

Broward Circuit Judge Ilona Holmes stepped down Tuesday as head of the criminal division, giving the embattled judiciary its latest shake-up.

SeaWorld Orlando rethinks use of Tilikum killer whale
Tilikum is the killer whale that drowned trainer Dawn Brancheau.

SeaWorld Orlando said Tuesday it is reconsidering whether to continue using in performances the 6-ton killer whale that drowned its trainer last month.

Thanksgiving shooting victim out of coma, relative says
JUPITER — Patrick Knight, who was shot along with his wife in a Thanksgiving massacre in Jupiter that left four dead, has emerged from his months-long coma and is communicating with family, a family member said.

Prosecutors waive death penalty in 2002 Riviera Beach slaying of boy
One of the state's oldest death-penalty cases — languishing in court for more than seven years — is no longer is a death-penalty case.

Mandich has cancer, won't return to WQAM talk show
Former Dolphins tight end hopes to continue working Dolphins broadcasts

Former Miami Dolphins tight end Jim Mandich, one of South Florida's most popular sportscasters, said Tuesday he is battling cancer and will not return to his afternoon talk show on WQAM-560.

Alston: Sister's suicide attempt contributed to departure
For the first time since Rafer Alston left the Miami Heat without explanation, clarity is being shed on the matter.